Arnold Schwarzenegger has yet to fade into California's political history. But nasty campaigns to succeed him are already shaping up among Democrats and Republicans. We update next year's primaries and hear how the Chandler family helped to create Los Angeles. Also, tonight's PBC documentary on the Chandler Family. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor began her first full term on the US Supreme Court today.

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One Republican campaign says of another, "It's not the crime, it's the cover-up." On the Democratic side, one consultant says a primary rival "has taken more positions than the Kama Sutra." California's next campaign for governor is under way. Also, a PBS documentary tonight reveals how four generations of the Chandler family used the LA Times to help shape Los Angeles. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor began her first full term on the US Supreme Court today. Will the conservative majority come out swinging this year or sit back to avoid confrontations with Congress?

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be a lame duck Governor until January, 2003, but political consultants are already trading insults and charges on behalf of candidates in next year’s Republican and Democratic primaries.

The Chandler family owned the Los Angeles Times through four generations. They used it to help turn a tiny western outpost into a world metropolis and to make the Chandler family very rich. That story unfolds tonight at 9pm on KCET-TV in a documentary called Inventing LA: The Chandlers and their Times. Native Angeleno Peter Jones is the writer, producer and director.

Guests:Peter Jones, Writer, director and producer, 'Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times'